Monday, August 2, 2010

Why Some Frogs Cruise and Some Frogs Crash

Have you ever watched frogs hop away from you; I mean really watched them. Some frogs land ready to keep moving. Other frogs land like me when I first started rollerblading: continued locomotion was not a priority. I always thought it was just the specific frog I was observing was perhaps, well, not the sharpest stick in the leaf litter. But there may be more to it than that! See what you think: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/61385/title/Frogs_leapt__before_they_landed